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Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls
removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On May 27, 11:18*pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this;http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2.../strangewall00... Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? -- Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk Quatermass ? or straw ? |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? My house 1992 build has similar in the upstairs internal walls. It is a bas***d to get any good anchoring on. The stuff in my house was made by a company called Stramit http://www.stramit.co.uk/index.html. I know because when we had a leak in the old shower the straw just soaked up the water and eventually it was spotted due to a musty smell in an unused spare bedroom. When I removed the straw wall to replace with PB etc for the En-Suite refit the word Stramit was clearly visible on the surface. HTH John |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? There was a type of particle board made from straw as an attempt to do something useful with a material of which there was a large surplus*. It looked a lot like that. * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. Colin Bignell |
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Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? It looks very much like "Woodwool". Not to be confused with the soft material of the similar name (wood wool) used to stuff teddy bears and other soft toys, or to pack delicate items for sending through the post, it is a stiff board made from waste wood strips bound together with cement and pressed into shape. Uses included roof and wall cladding. It was often used as permanent formwork for suspended concrete floors. I have a feeling that this use was restricted or after problems with some of these structures which were concealed by the woodwool. But it was very popular and there will still be a lot of it about. Some links: http://www.skanda-uk.com/ http://thesaurus.english-heritage.or...&term_no=98303 |
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote:
* Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) -- John Stumbles Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana Tits like coconuts |
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On 2008-05-28 01:05:20 +0100, John Stumbles said:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) Well, once you get past Rugby, it;s all over anyway.... ;-) |
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 22:18:02 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? As someone else said, Stramit board. Cursed stuff, seemed like a good idea at the time. My last house (architect-designed and he lived in it for some time - there's a novelty!) had the stuff as a base for the flat roof. It was just starting to give problems around the chimney and vent pipes when we sold it. -- the dot wanderer at tesco dot net |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk This house, was it on an estate type of housing? my recollection of that stuff is roundabout the 70's because it was a cheap sound insulation. |
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"John Stumbles" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965 on. Colin Bignell |
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Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? Some answers already. My school had what was grandly called "The Music School" - built in the first half of the sixties. All the practise rooms had ceilings made of this - open and visible. I think it was also used in some of the walls. I always assumed a) it was a compressed straw product b) it had sound absorption properties. Was that the Swedish or the Norwegian Kinells you mentioned? http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsln=Kinell&db=nypl&gss=genfact&_82 004280=Sweden -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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"nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "John Stumbles" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965 on. Colin Bignell Then it was supposed to end here, at Leeds. Now it's extended even further. |
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Handyman scribeth thus Working in a 1960's (?) built house today with a lot of partition walls removed & under the plaster/render was this; http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ngewall001.jpg Never seen the like, what the kinell is it? I've seen that in my parents old concrete house built just after the war looks like wood shavings mixed in with some sort of cement... -- Tony Sayer |
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from contains these words: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It has puzzled me for years that the M1 was described in early days as the London to Birmingham motorway. Perhaps it's really the M6 and the M1 leaves it at Rugby. The southern end of the M6 was a relatively late addition (late 60s/early 70s?). Prior to that the London/Birmingham route was M1/M45/A45. -- Roger Chapman |
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:35:51 +0100 Bruce wrote :
Uses included roof and wall cladding. It was often used as permanent formwork for suspended concrete floors. I have a feeling that this use was restricted or after problems with some of these structures which were concealed by the woodwool. But it was very popular and there will still be a lot of it about. Yes, it looks like woodwool to me. The problems you refer to came to light at New Malden House, a tower of about 12 storeys (IIRC) in SW London. The floors were made by using woodwool slabs as permanent shuttering, reinforcement and concrete on top. What happened was that when the concrete was poured, the woodwool acted as a lovely vibration soak, leaving the concrete far from compacted, but, as you say, this could not be seen as the woodwool was not removed. -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:35:51 +0100 Bruce wrote : Uses included roof and wall cladding. It was often used as permanent formwork for suspended concrete floors. I have a feeling that this use was restricted or after problems with some of these structures which were concealed by the woodwool. But it was very popular and there will still be a lot of it about. Yes, it looks like woodwool to me. The problems you refer to came to light at New Malden House, a tower of about 12 storeys (IIRC) in SW London. The floors were made by using woodwool slabs as permanent shuttering, reinforcement and concrete on top. What happened was that when the concrete was poured, the woodwool acted as a lovely vibration soak, leaving the concrete far from compacted, but, as you say, this could not be seen as the woodwool was not removed. Thanks, Tony. Those were the days ... failures due to improper use of woodwool and high alumina cement, alkali-aggregate reaction (a.k.a. "concrete cancer" ... ! With woodwool, the concrete needed extra careful compaction. I think the biggest problems were with slabs that incorporated downstand beams, and it would have been difficult to ensure proper compaction. The biggest problem of all was that you never got to see the concrete, as the woodwool was left in situ. At least when you stripped traditional formwork, problems like this could be identified and remedial action taken. Ironically, modern concrete mixes require far less compaction and they would make woodwool a very sensible alternative to conventional formwork. But once a product has a bad name, that's it. |
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:14:16 +0100, "John"
wrote: My house 1992 build has similar in the upstairs internal walls. It is a bas***d to get any good anchoring on. The stuff in my house was made by a company called Stramit http://www.stramit.co.uk/index.html. I know because when we had a leak in the old shower the straw just soaked up the water and eventually it was spotted due to a musty smell in an unused spare bedroom. When I removed the straw wall to replace with PB etc for the En-Suite refit the word Stramit was clearly visible on the surface. My house, built 1988, has it, or something like it, in the bathroom, en suite and cloakroom walls. My last house, also built 1988 but by a different builder, had it in the bathroom walls. |
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:14:16 +0100, "John" wrote: My house 1992 build has similar in the upstairs internal walls. It is a bas***d to get any good anchoring on. The stuff in my house was made by a company called Stramit http://www.stramit.co.uk/index.html. I know because when we had a leak in the old shower the straw just soaked up the water and eventually it was spotted due to a musty smell in an unused spare bedroom. When I removed the straw wall to replace with PB etc for the En-Suite refit the word Stramit was clearly visible on the surface. My house, built 1988, has it, or something like it, in the bathroom, en suite and cloakroom walls. My last house, also built 1988 but by a different builder, had it in the bathroom walls. I think I saw something similar comprising the flat roof substrate at CenterParcs in Belgium (Erpeheide). Possibly a denser/stringer version? |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "John Stumbles" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965 on. Colin Bignell Then it was supposed to end here, at Leeds. Now it's extended even further. To get past Leeds to the A64 around York? The A1 M1 link road? A fair bit of the motorway (inc M621) was renamed as the junction was created. It now means there are 6 lanes of standing traffic at rush hour where the A1, M1 and M62 roughly join each other instead of the three lanes of standing traffic that we had before. Is that progress? Adam |
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If it's solid cast in situ stuff rather than a panel product, it may
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If it's solid cast in situ stuff rather than a panel product, it may be strawcrete. No, it is Woodwool. See my previous postings. |
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On 28 May, 20:46, "ARWadworth" wrote:
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message m... "John Stumbles" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965 on. Colin Bignell Then it was supposed to end here, at Leeds. Now it's extended even further. To get past Leeds to the A64 around York? The A1 M1 link road? A fair bit of the motorway (inc M621) was renamed as the junction was created. It now means there are 6 lanes of standing traffic at rush hour where the A1, *M1 and M62 roughly join each other instead of the three lanes of standing traffic that we had before. Is that progress? Adam- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers? |
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT), cynic
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"cynic" wrote in message ... On 28 May, 20:46, "ARWadworth" wrote: "Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message m... "John Stumbles" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote: * Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion. That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then? ;-) It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965 on. Colin Bignell Then it was supposed to end here, at Leeds. Now it's extended even further. To get past Leeds to the A64 around York? The A1 M1 link road? A fair bit of the motorway (inc M621) was renamed as the junction was created. It now means there are 6 lanes of standing traffic at rush hour where the A1, M1 and M62 roughly join each other instead of the three lanes of standing traffic that we had before. Is that progress? Adam- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers? Yes. It is a PITA unless you are joining the motorway at J34. The cooling towers are not steelwork towers but old power station cooling towers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsley_Viaduct http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5160214.stm Radio Sheffield tried to save them but they are still doomed. One of the worst feelings I have ever had is getting out of my car on the underpass part of the viaduct to help the driver in front of me when his car had broken down. The whole bridge/viaduct moves as traffic passes over the top half. I felt sea sick. Adam |
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT), cynic wrote: Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers? Yes it does. That was instigated before/whilst/until the Tinsley Viaduct was being strengthened (Again ! ) and proved so successful that there are no plans to widen it back out to 3 lanes. So they say. That isn't quite true. The last strengthening brought it up to full strength for the largest lorries and it is fully capable of supporting three lanes of traffic in each direction. However, the intention is to leave it restricted to two lanes each way until the M1 on each side of it is widened from three to four lanes each way. And apparently that's official, from the Highways Agency. |
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:11:39 +0100, Bruce wrote:
Derek Geldard wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT), cynic wrote: Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers? Yes it does. That was instigated before/whilst/until the Tinsley Viaduct was being strengthened (Again ! ) and proved so successful that there are no plans to widen it back out to 3 lanes. So they say. That isn't quite true. The last strengthening brought it up to full strength for the largest lorries and it is fully capable of supporting three lanes of traffic in each direction. However, the intention is to leave it restricted to two lanes each way Hmmm, that's odd isn't it just after they supposedly got it sorted after *many* years of it being reduced to 2 lanes presumably in order to minimise the payout in the event of a "Santa Monica Freeway" incident. I can distinctly remember it being lane -restricted Ca. 1970 when I used it every week to get back to Leeds from working in London (+ret.) until the M1 on each side of it is widened from three to four lanes each way. And apparently that's official, from the Highways Agency. I've not seen that on their website, however their pronunciations on the topic have been both capricious and sparse. Derek |
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:11:39 +0100, Bruce wrote: Derek Geldard wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT), cynic wrote: Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers? Yes it does. That was instigated before/whilst/until the Tinsley Viaduct was being strengthened (Again ! ) and proved so successful that there are no plans to widen it back out to 3 lanes. So they say. That isn't quite true. The last strengthening brought it up to full strength for the largest lorries and it is fully capable of supporting three lanes of traffic in each direction. However, the intention is to leave it restricted to two lanes each way Hmmm, that's odd isn't it just after they supposedly got it sorted after *many* years of it being reduced to 2 lanes presumably in order to minimise the payout in the event of a "Santa Monica Freeway" incident. I can distinctly remember it being lane -restricted Ca. 1970 when I used it every week to get back to Leeds from working in London (+ret.) I think there have been three major schemes of work on the Tinsley Viaduct. The first was to strengthen it after several failures of box girder bridges elsewhere cast doubt on part of the design method used for all of them. Then there was a second round of work to make access into the box girders easier for internal repainting and other maintenance. Finally, the most recent contract was to strengthen the structure to take the latest EU-proposed Large Goods Vehicles which are at least twice as heavy as anything the bridge was originally designed for. There may have been a fourth contract somewhere in between, but I'm certain of those three. until the M1 on each side of it is widened from three to four lanes each way. And apparently that's official, from the Highways Agency. I've not seen that on their website, however their pronunciations on the topic have been both capricious and sparse. I got that from one of the engineering magazines, plus from a former colleague of mine who worked on the last contract. I asked him when the viaduct would be restored to three lanes and he told me that, according to the Highways Agency, it would have to stay at dual two lanes until the M1 was widened to dual four lanes, when the viaduct would revert to dual three lanes. I recall that the decision related to the capacity for queueing traffic waiting to exit the M1. Stop Press: I have just found the following official press release from the Highways Agency dated 10 October 2005: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail...leaseID=172690 It states: It has been decided that the current layout of two lanes each way, with dedicated lanes for traffic entering and leaving the M1 at this busy junction, will be maintained until the completion of work to widen the M1 between Chesterfield and Leeds, which was announced in April this year. |
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but it relates to the Stramit board some of you have mentioned. We are looking to buy, and saw a house today with Stramit sheeting (flat roof built 1960's) that had water damage inside around the chimney and some of the eaves had damage too. In parts the swelling had broken through the plasterboard underside, but not to a significant extent and only in a couple of places. My question is, can this be repaired without replacing the whole roof? The owners had metal roof sheeting installed over the panel 7 years ago but it looks like the roof is still leaking. Complete overhaul or worth repairing? We love the house.
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On Sunday, September 8, 2013 9:21:20 AM UTC+1, Bob H wrote:
On 08/09/2013 08:38, wrote: Sorry to hijack the thread, but it relates to the Stramit board some of you have mentioned. We are looking to buy, and saw a house today with Stramit sheeting (flat roof built 1960's) that had water damage inside around the chimney and some of the eaves had damage too. In parts the swelling had broken through the plasterboard underside, but not to a significant extent and only in a couple of places. My question is, can this be repaired without replacing the whole roof? The owners had metal roof sheeting installed over the panel 7 years ago but it looks like the roof is still leaking. Complete overhaul or worth repairing? We love the house. Money pit comes to mind here quote for new roof knocked off pch price comes to mind here Jim K |
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wrote in message ... Sorry to hijack the thread, but it relates to the Stramit board some of you have mentioned. We are looking to buy, and saw a house today with Stramit sheeting (flat roof built 1960's) that had water damage inside around the chimney and some of the eaves had damage too. In parts the swelling had broken through the plasterboard underside, but not to a significant extent and only in a couple of places. My question is, can this be repaired without replacing the whole roof? The owners had metal roof sheeting installed over the panel 7 years ago but it looks like the roof is still leaking. Complete overhaul or worth repairing? We love the house. They are still on the go. http://www.stramit.co.uk/content/view/12/26/#roofing |
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